The Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (CBEP) supports environmental education events for primary and secondary school children in the Casco Bay watershed.  In addition to successful events like the Southern Maine Children's Water Festival and the national Envirothon competition, CBEP supports outreach by the Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District, which develops water-related curriculum materials, works with local teachers to adapt materials to their needs, and helps deliver those materials to students in the classroom.  Together, our partners' environmental education efforts reach more than 1,000 students a year and help train future stewards of the Bay.  They also indirectly reach thousands of families in the watershed and help encourage a community-wide sense of stewardship for the Bay.